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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Behind what type of object do Dragan and the other pedestrians wait behind while deciding when to cross?
(a) A building.
(b) A boxcar.
(c) A car.
(d) A wall of concrete.

2. For what purpose is Dragan walking toward his workplace in Chapter One?
(a) To eat.
(b) To collect his pay.
(c) To speak with his boss.
(d) To work.

3. What job does Emina report Jovan to have recently acquired?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Liaison.
(d) Soldier.

4. When Dragan is introduced in Chapter One, he thinks about the Winter Olympics that were held in Sarajevo in which year?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1988.

5. Who is Emina, the woman into whom Dragan runs in Chapter Two?
(a) A friend of Dragan's wife.
(b) Dragan's colleague.
(c) Dragan's mistress.
(d) Dragan's former teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arrow believes that the main sin committed by the men on the hills had been robbing her of the knowledge that life is what?

2. When Kenan imagines having lunch with in Veliki Park, he visualizes sharing it with which friend?

3. What does Kenan do when he flips the light switch out of habit and the lightbulb turns on?

4. The sound of what type of weapon interrupts Kenan's reverie about Veliki Park?

5. How many soldiers is Arrow watching during her introductory section in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

2. Discuss the meaning of the Leon Trotsky quote Galloway includes as an epigraph.

3. How does Arrow react to hearing the cellist's music for the first time in Chapter Two?

4. What situation is Dragan in when the reader rejoins him in Chapter Two?

5. What did the cellist used to do for a living before the Siege of Sarajevo began and what purpose did he see in his work?

6. For what reason does the cellist need protection and from whom?

7. Who is Emina and why would Dragan rather avoid her?

8. How does Arrow determine the location of the sniper tasked with killing the cellist?

9. Discuss an instance when Galloway uses the sound motif in Chapter Two.

10. What is the significance of Albinoni’s adagio from the cellist’s perspective and why?

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